Long Camp Pharsalia fight appears lost

ALBANY – Losing minimum security prisons like Camp Pharsalia while at the same time releasing drug dealers into our communities is the beginning of “a disturbing trend,” said New York Senator James L. Seward last week.

Seward joined senate Republicans in offering amendments to thwart closing three minimum security prisons in upstate New York as well as proposed drug law changes, but Senate Democrats voted to move forward with both.